Cuff-button or stud



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O. F. LITTLEJOHN. l Cuff Button or Stud.

No. 232,194. Patented sept.14,1ss0.

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CHARLES F. LITTLEJOHN, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

CUFF-BUTTON OR STUD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,194, dated September 14, 1880.

Application filed May 24, 1880. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, CHARLES F. LITTLE- J011N,a citizen of the United States, residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in CuButtons or Studs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cuff-buttons, studs, and similar articles, to be used in personal clothing or in the fastening of fabrics and securing them in position; and the invention consists in certain features of construction and relative arrangement ot parts, as will hereinafter be described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side view of my invention when fastened. Fig. 2 is a side view ofthe saine as it appears when ready to insert or withdraw from the button-hole. Fig. 3 is an edge view of saine when fastened. Fig. LI is an edge View of same asit appears when ready to insert or withdraw from the button-hole.

A is the solid side of the sind or cuff-button, to which is soldered or otherwise fastened the shank B; c o, the flat springs soldered or riveted at a point in the shank B, and reaching to the leaves d d, which by rivets are hinged to them.

When open the divided head forms a circle. When shut the springs and leaves also form a circle, thus resembling a button, making the stud or cuflbutton as easy to take from the button-hole as to insert. The edges are smooth and free from all irregularities that can cut the thread.

When used as a collarstud, the stress of the collar, being at each end in opposite direction, tends to press the springs together, makin g the buttons perfectly secure and preventing accidental closing.

The leaves d d are each formed with square ends e e, which are forced against each other by means of the springs c c, whereby the leaves are retained against accidental displacement.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is- 1. The combination, with the shank of a button or stud, of dat springs secured at one end to the opposite sides of said shank, and leaves or the sections of a two-part disk hinged or pivoted to the outer and free ends of said springs, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a shank ofabutton or stud having springs secured at one end to the opposite sides of said shank, of leaves or the section of a two-part disk hinged or pivoted to the outer and free ends of said springs, said leaves being constructed with flat adjacent edges or sides, which abut against each other when the but-ton is locked in place, substantially as set forth.

CHARLES F. LITTLEJOHN.

Witnesses:

EDWIN G. Dow, DAVID K. ANDREWS. 

